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Brother Tommie's Commentary
Introduction to the 12th Chapter: This chapter begins at a short time before the middle of the Tribulation, and marks certain significant events that will occur during the last seven years before the return of Christ at Armageddon. First we will take a look at the woman who is clothed with the Sun, standing on the Moon and wearing a crown of 12 stars. After this we will see some of the events that will occur as Satan is brought into one of the judgments that God places on him at the middle of the Tribulation. During this chapter Israel will escape to a place prepared for her in a wilderness to be delivered completely from the face of the Antichrist. They will escape upon two wings of a great Eagle. God will protect and feed them there in the place that he has prepared. The Antichrist will invade Israel at the middle of the Tribulation hoping to kill the newborn Christians that are there. God will protect them by catching them away for a short period of time to avoid being hurt. An earthquake will be used by the Lord to help Israel escape the army of the Antichrist during this invasion. 1: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of
twelve stars: The woman in this scripture is the same woman that is often described in the Old Testament. She is identified by being clothed with the sun, standing on the moon and upon her head is a crown of twelve stars. In Genesis we will find the answer to this mystery by one of Joseph’s dreams. Genesis 37: Jacob explained this dream to Joseph and his interpretation of this dream was this: The Sun was Jacob himself, the Moon was Rachel, the 11 Stars which with Joseph’s Star were twelve which was the 12 sons of Jacob. This identity cannot be placed on the Church, it can only be the nation of Israel. She is clothed with Jacob, not the righteousness of Christ, She is standing on the moon, not the Rock and she has twelve stars in her crown instead of a crown of righteousness. It is time for God to restore Israel back to her rightful place with him. 2: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered. (For more on this subject read footnote #1 at the bottom of this teaching) 3: And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon
his heads. 4: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and
did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which
was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was
born. This scripture says that the dragon is standing before the woman that is ready to give birth, in order to eat her baby as soon as it is born. 5: And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations
with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his
throne. The woman in this scripture is Israel, not the Church. Remember, in verse one it says that she was in travail. This shows her in travail before the man-child is born, Isaiah said that the man-child would be born before she travailed. We are seeing her at the time of Christ. Christ was born as this man-child who was born when Israel wasn’t ready to believe on him and be saved. But the following verse in Isaiah shows the woman at the time we are looking at her in this scripture. 8: Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. At this time the woman is in travail and then gives birth. When it is time for Israel to believe and give birth to children that belong to Jesus then she will give birth and it will begin with a special group of Jews. Revelation Chapter seven tells about this group of Jews being saved. The man-child in this verse is speaking of the 144,000 Jews who are the first-fruit unto God and the Lamb out of the nation of Israel (Rev. 14:4). Because it says that this man-child will rule all nations with a rod of
iron we immediately think of Jesus, but when we look at the reward of the
over-comer in Revelation 2nd chapter. This is a promise to the over-comer that they will reign and rule with Jesus Christ. The 144,000 will be able to sing a song that no one else in the whole world can sing (Rev. 14:3). The reason they will be able to sing this song is because no one else has ever done what they will do. I believe that at the time the Antichrist invades Israel, that the 144,000 will be caught up to God but without being changed as in the Rapture. They will be protected from his presence the same as Moses was on the mountain of God when God held his hand over the face of Moses so Moses would not perish. And just as Moses came down from the mountain of Sinai, the 144,000 will return to this earth to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations of the Antichrist. This they will do for the last 3 ½ years while Israel is in the wilderness in a place that God has prepared for her. 6: And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred
and threescore days. Two phrases in this scripture are very important to understand it. One is " a place prepared of God," the other is "they should feed her." 7: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in
heaven. 9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out
into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. In order to understand the following verse clearly we must also understand that the heavenly realm, which is the earth’s atmosphere and the spiritual heavenly realm are also affected at this time. Satan will not be able any longer to fly in the earth’s atmosphere or to operate in the spirit or heavenly realm that he uses to speak to us in our minds. He will lose a tremendous amount of power at this casting out. He will be forced to go into a human being at this time because he can no longer be affective any other way. I believe that he will enter the body of the Antichrist and his angels will possess the bodies of thousands of the followers of the Antichrist at that time. This is the only way he can possibly operate. 10: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his
Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God day and night. The voice says, "now is come salvation." This is speaking of souls being saved in a remarkable way. Then he said, "and strength," the reason for all of this strength is because we will not be hindered by the Devil as much because he cannot operate in the spirit world any longer. He will be forced to talk to people as everyone else does from a human body. Then the voice said, "the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ." Once again we are looking at souls being saved by the millions. The greatest world evangelism that will ever be known to man will happen during the last 3 ½ years. Then it said "for the accuser of the brethren is cast down that accused them night and day." Satan not only accuses us to God but he also accuses us to other Christians. Probably the most damaging place he accuses is with the unbeliever. This he does with great affect and prevents many from being saved, but these last 3 ½ years are going to be glorious when it comes to soul winning because we will no longer be hindered by his voice speaking to them or us. 11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the
death. 12: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe
to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down
unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short
time. But this is a warning for the earth dwellers that they should beware because Satan realizes that his time is short and he is very angry and full of wrath. The carnal minded or earth dwellers of this world are headed for destruction because of Satan’s anger. Satan will be merciless when it comes to destroying human life in an attempt to destroy God and his people. But God will protect most of his people from the Antichrist during the last 3 ½ years. There will only be a portion of God’s people who are appointed unto death during this time. Most of the death will occur to the unbelievers. 13: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14: And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that
she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished
for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the
serpent. Eagles are also described in the Old Testament as being great swift powerful nations, such as the eagles found in Ezekiel the 17th chapter. I also believe that this is true concerning this marvelous escape of Israel. I believe that Israel will be rescued by America at the time of the invasion of the Antichrist. The main reason being that America is the ships of Chittim in Daniel the 11th chapter. The Antichrist invades Israel out of spite against the ships of Chittim. America will feel partially responsible for this invasion. (For more on this subject read footnote#2 at the bottom of this teaching) I also believe that Israel will escape and be brought to America, a place that was only a wilderness around four hundred years ago. Before her discovery God had a plan and has prepared her for this great event ever since she became a nation. They will come to America and will receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be saved. In verse six it said that someone would feed them. In this verse it says that they are nourished for 3 ½ years. This is speaking of the Gospel being preached to them and them receiving it and being fed by it. 15: And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after
the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the
flood. 16: And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his
mouth. 17: And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
footnote#1 The Woman in Travail In order to see this woman from Revelation 12: 1 we must go even further than Joseph’s dream to realize that the Old Testament confirms that Zion in Travail is speaking of Israel and their redemption rather than it being a spiritual interpretation to the Church.
This scripture in Micah is taken from the same area that it talks about Jesus. It reminds us of what Jesus said when overlooking Jerusalem. He told Israel that they would remain desolate, which meant like a barren woman until the time that they say blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, which is speaking of them recognizing him as the Christ and being saved. So in Micah, therefore will he give them up which means to be left in their barren condition until they accept Jesus and are born again. After Israel accepts Jesus and millions of Jews are born again she will have given birth to the children of God in that nation.
footnote#2 The Ships of Chittim Read with me in Daniel the 11th chapter. It is commonly believed that verse 21 through the rest of this chapter is talking about the Antichrist. I personally believe this myself. 21: And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall
not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and
obtain the kingdom by flatteries. Because people have been unable to explain the ships of Chittim they have tried to teach that the ships of Chittim was something that occurred around the time of Christ. I would like to give you a quote from The Holman Bible Dictionary. "Kittim (kit' tim) Tribal name for the island of Cyprus, sometimes spelled Chittim. This name was derived from Kition, a city-state on the south-eastern side of the island. Long associated with maritime lore, the island was ruled first by Greece, then the Assyrians, and finally, Rome. Genesis 10:4 traces the people's roots to Noah's son Japheth. Jeremiah and Ezekiel both mention it in their prophecies (Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:6, compare Isa. 23:1,12). Kittim is used in intertestamental writings as denoting all of the land west of Cyprus. 1 Maccabees credits it as being the land of Alexander the Great (1:1; 8:5). The writer of Daniel understood it to be a part of the Roman Empire (11:30) used to threaten Antiochus Epipanes. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain several references to Kittim, the most notable being the defeat of her people (Romans) at the hands of God's people. See Cyprus."Kittim and Chittim are one and the same. The Holman Bible Dictionary explained that it was used in intertestamental writings as denoting all of the land west of Cyprus. They also believed that he was probably talking about Rome during a time after Christ. I disagree with them about the Roman Empire. I know that at the time of Christ many Jews called the Romans Chittim, but that was because they were from west of Cyprus. In these scriptures God is simply showing us a group of ships coming from the west of Cyprus that are very powerful. Put it into modern day times. The Jews didn't know that America would exist today. God simply showed Daniel ships coming from the west. This would have been ships from Chittim, to Daniel. The reason I wanted to bring this point about is because this is the reason that the antichrist invades Israel. The antichrist is involved in invading the king of the South for the second time. Powerful ships from west of Cyprus come against him. They are a lot stronger than he is. Look at verse 29 to 31 again. 29: At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 30: For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. 31: And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Daniel said that at the time appointed he would return and come toward the south; but this time it would be different from the times before. This time powerful ships from the west come against him, it says that he shall be grieved and return. The reason he is grieved and has to return is that he is simply not strong enough to go to war with the ships from the west. Remember, in Bible times anyone west of Cyprus was called Chittim. Daniel was telling us that it would be ships from the west. The United States is directly west of Cyprus. We will be the ships of Chittim. The sad thing is that we will be the reason the Antichrist breaks his treaty and invades Israel. Think about it! There is not another country in the world that would get involved the way we do when it comes to other nations. The ships from the west are there to force the Antichrist out of the nation of the king of the south. The Antichrist becomes indignant. Why? He is humiliated in front of all of these other nations. Daniel said that he would have indignation against the Holy Covenant. This indignation toward this covenant simply means that he regrets ever signing the treaty with Israel. Now the United States has put him to shame, this makes him even more indignant. He begins to contact the other countries that he his previously made agreements with. There will only be six of these countries at this time. It shows these nations as having forsaken the Holy Covenant. Do you remember what I told you about their signing any kind of treaty with Israel? It is acknowledging Israel's right to possess the land of Israel and be a nation. When I was young in the lord I thought that the forsaking the covenant was talking about a bunch of backsliding Christians. But this is on a national level. It is talking about the nations who signed the peace treaty with Israel. These six countries plus the nation of the Antichrist makes seven nations. How do I know that there are only seven nations with the antichrist? In Rev. 12:3 The Red Dragon has seven heads, 10 horns, seven crowns. The heads are nations; the horns are kings; the crowns mean that seven of these kings have received power. Which shows 3 kings yet to come, but have not received countries to rule yet. This they will do under the leadership of the antichrist. He will invade Israel at this point; this is the middle of the tribulation. These nations invade Israel in order to spite the ships of Chittim. Of course the United States is the ships of Chittim. Think about this for a moment. The ships of Chittim absolutely have to be a close friend of Israel, if the antichrist invades Israel thinking to wound the ships of Chittim in some way. This absolutely has to be the United States. When we went to war with Iraq, one of the first things Saddom did to hurt us was to fire on Israel. He knew that we have an important relationship with Israel. He was trying to force Israel into battle so that the other Muslim nations would join him against the U.S. Also to possibly cause problems between the U.S. and Israel. This move by the Antichrist when he invades Israel will be a similar move; it will be the beginning of World War Three. This war will end at Armageddon. The arms standing on his part is simply these six nations joining with the antichrist to invade Israel. These people are the people of the prince that would come in Daniel 9. They will set the antichrist on a throne in the Temple and declare him to be God. Israel escapes when he comes. They will go into the land of Jordan to await transport to the United States of America. It is here in this land that God is going to feed Israel for 3 1/2 yrs. America was a wilderness in John's day. God told John that they would go to a place that he had prepared for them in the Wilderness. God has been preparing America for this event for over 400yrs. The United States of America, along with six other allies, will fight in Israel's defense. Sometime during the last 3 1/2 yrs. we will drive the Antichrist completely back to the Euphrates River in Iraq. Afterwards he will call for help from other nations to fight against us. This will be time for Armageddon. At that time most of America will have come to Christ and will be raptured along with everyone else that is the Lords. We will eat the marriage supper of the lamb and return to defeat the Antichrist. Then there will be a One-World Government just like Isaiah said; " the Government would be on His Shoulders." Jesus is coming back to rule the World with peace and Love. Thank You Lord for such a wonderful plan. God Bless you |